Crossword Challenge Puzzle 251 Clues and Answers
Puzzle 251 of Crossword Challenge gives you 30 clues on a 8×10 board. Each one is listed below with a hint first and the answer second.
9 of the 30 answers are one or two letters long. 6 clues are pictures, and 2 of those ask you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 4 want just the first letter of a single word. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to the picture clue in the top row.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 251: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to “Gift”. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to the picture clue in the top row. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
1Picture clue
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Name the object in the picture. P _ _ J _ _ T _ _. Solving “Cool down” first gives you its sixth letter.
PROJECTOR
IMPOLITE
2Impolite
Top row 2/7 · 4 letters · down
Fits R _ _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the third square.
RUDE
actr--s
3Picture clue
Top row 3/7 · 2 letters · down
Picture word minus “actrs” gives the answer. First letter: E.
ES
FEMALE PRONOUN
4Female pronoun
Top row 4/7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with S; pattern S _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Demonic”.
SHE
EAST
5East
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Write the first letter of East, nothing more.
E
6Picture clue
Top row 6/7 · 5 letters · down
Look at the picture and fit it to N _ _ S _. The fourth square is also part of “Pose a question”.
NOISE
SPEAK
7Speak
Top row 7/7 · 4 letters · down
T _ _ _. “Demonic” crosses it at the third square.
TALK
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
GIFT
8Gift
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Begins with P. The fifth square is also part of “East”.
PRESENT
HURRY
9Hurry
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
R _ _ _. Check the third letter against the picture clue in the top row.
RUSH
fo-
10Picture clue
Left column 3/9 · 2 letters · across
Work out the object in the picture, then drop the part already written on it (“fo-”). What is left starts with O.
OD
11Picture clue
Left column 4/9 · 3 letters · across
One word for the picture, starting with J. Check the third letter against “Plane section”.
JET
ECHO
12Echo
Left column 5/9 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Echo.
E
COOL DOWN
13Cool down
Left column 6/9 · 5 letters · across
Starts with C; pattern C _ _ L _. Check the fourth letter against “Sad music genre”.
CHILL
SOLVENT IN PAINT
14Solvent in paint
Left column 7/9 · 7 letters · across
T _ _ U _ _ E. “Between hills” crosses it at the fifth square.
TOLUENE
OPEN SOURCE
15Open source
Left column 8/9 · 2 letters · across
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
OS
FOUL CALLERS
16Foul callers
Left column 9/9 · 4 letters · across
Fits R _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Fix”.
REFS
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
OCEANIC AREA
17Oceanic area
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Initials: the first letter of each word in “Oceanic area”.
OA
BETWEEN HILLS
18Between hills
Row 3, col 6 · 6 letters · down
Starts with V; pattern V _ _ L _ _. Solving “Cool down” first gives you its fourth letter.
VALLEY
DEMONIC
19Demonic
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Fits E _ _ _. The third square is also part of the picture clue in the top row.
EVIL
PLANE SECTION
20Plane section
Row 4, col 4 · 4 letters · down
T _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Cool down”.
TAIL
POSE A QUESTION
21Pose a question
Row 5, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Shape: A _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Speak”.
ASK
SAD MUSIC GENRE
22Sad music genre
Row 5, col 5 · 5 letters · down
Fits B _ _ E _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Lookers”.
BLUES
FIT
23Fit
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · across
A _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Between hills”.
ABLE
LAWN WATERER
24Lawn waterer
Row 6, col 3 · 4 letters · down
Fits H _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Open source”.
HOSE
25Picture clue
Row 6, col 8 · 4 letters · down
What is shown in the image? Shape: W _ _ _. “Lookers” crosses it at the third square.
WEST
WARNING
26Warning
Row 7, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Warning starts with the answer.
W
FISHING GEAR
27Fishing gear
Row 7, col 7 · 3 letters · down
Starts with N; pattern N _ _. The third square is also part of “Table tennis”.
NET
LOOKERS
28Lookers
Row 9, col 4 · 4 letters · across
E _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Fishing gear”.
EYES
FIX
29Fix
Row 9, col 4 · 1 letter · down
Only one square: take the initial of Fix.
F
TABLE TENNIS
30Table tennis
Row 10, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
TT
Crossword Challenge Level 251 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 251 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 251 with us. Puzzle 252 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.